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The human rights situation of LGBTI persons is still worrying. The continued implementation of the AHA has greatly facilitated the commission of human rights violations against LGBTI persons which have majorly manifested through arbitrary arrests, discrimination, inhumane and degrading treatment. Violence against suspected LGBTQ persons in Nakivale refugee settlement remains alarmingly high, with very little being done on the part of the authorities to address it.
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The continued enforcement of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, exacerbates the violations being committed against the LGBTI persons in Uganda both by Law enforcement officers and people in their private capacities. It is therefore important that more efforts are concentrated towards the annulment of the AHA. The concentrated cases of violence in Nakivale Refugee settlement are worrying.
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